In The Public Eye [Part 3]

It had been a busy week. Nicki had non-stop rehearsal for her performance and she was beyond exhausted but was prepared for her first televised performance and award show. Just for a short 5 minute performance, Nicki had rehearsed for about 2 weeks. She understood that it was important but boy was it draining. Being famous was something she had always desired but it came with unexpected twists and turns that she was not aware of. Paparazzi being one, she knew they would take pictures of her every so often but she did not expect them to try to follow her 24/7 and bloggers who constantly wrote stories about her whether they were true or false. But it all come with her lifestyle chose and she had no choice but to put up with it. 

"I'm going to hop in the shower not literally"

"Alright, glam team are on their way so I'll give you about 10 minutes before you need to be out and dressed" By the time Nicki got out of the shower and dried herself, she heard voices downstairs. She quickly moisturised her body, put on her bra and panties and put on her dressing gown while running down the stairs.

"Sorry" She said as she went around giving her glam team hugs.

"So what idea we going for?" She asked as she sat down.

"Hair wise, curly hair with bangs"

"Makeup wise, your usual pink lipstick, foundation, eyeliner and lashes. Sound good?"

"Great" Almost an hour after plopping into her style team’s swirly black leather chair to get her hair and makeup done, she was finished.

"Done" She looked at herself properly in the mirror and was impressed. 

"Woah, you guys are amazing. Thank you" 

"You're welcome"

"Your dress is hung up in your closet along with your shoes so chop chop so we can get going" Nicki nodded and said her goodbyes then ran back to her room to finish getting ready. Lydia and her stylist had found something that matched her style and how she wanted to be presented, it was a Roberto Cavalli floor-length black lace gown with shredded leather panels at the waist that hugged her body perfectly and showed some cleavage. After putting on her black strappy heels, she was done and made her way back downstairs. She reached the bottom of the stairs and saw someone she wasn't expecting.

"Shit" She clutched her chest as she saw Drake in her living room and she sure didn't see his jaw drop as he caught sight of her in her dress. But she did turn around in time to see him openly ogling her and silently thanked her stylist for choosing this dress. The pain of the leather rubbing her sides was worth it seeing the look on his face. The way he was looking at her was making her feel some kind of way, it was slightly turning her on.

"Do I look alright? I mean it's my first award show and look at what I'm wearing. It's outrageous, I never realised how big my boobs were plus I'm not even wearing a bra so I'm showing more of my boobs that I'm supposed to and I'm only up for best new artist I should be more dressed down but I have no time to change and,"

"You never shut up, do you? You look beautiful"

"You're only saying that because you have a nice view of my boobs but it's fine" The conversation ended as it started. Nicki looked at his attire, a grey suit with a white shirt and a black tie that matched her dress. Nicki was glad someone knocked at the door so she could get away from him. She opened the door and her face went from blank to shocked.

"Keenan?!"

"In the flesh baby" Nicki smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck as he hugged her waist.

"I can't believe you're here"

"What do you mean? I couldn't miss my best friend winning her first award" They pulled away from each other and she let him inside the house. 

"...Alright, see you in a bit. Nicki, we have to get," Drake stopped talking when he noticed Keenan. To avoid even more awkwardness, Drake put his hand out for him to shake.

"Hey I'm Drake, her boyfriend" He fakely smiled. He assumed he was her friend or something, he highly doubted they were dating.

"He knows" Nicki said monotonously. 

"Keenan, her best friend" Keenan smiled back and shook his hand.

~

"Right, someone will accompany you to the carpet so don't be worried. Me and Keenan will go inside, good luck" Lydia smiled and went inside the venue with Keenan.

They stood in silence waiting for someone to direct them. A man signaled for them to walk the carpet and Drake saw Nicki shaking a bit so he held her hand. As soon as they came into the camera's view, there was no turning back. Pictures were being taken from every angle and millions of voices were telling them where to look and how to pose. They smiled at the cameras trying not to get a bad photo. Drake put his hand around her waist and pulled her close to his. He gave her a squeeze causing her to look up at him, he was looking at her with his charming smile and she couldn't help but smile back. 

"So here we have Drake and the lovely Nicki Minaj, how are you both?"

"Good"

"Alright, so what are you looking forward to tonight?"

"That's a hard question, just the whole show in general - awards, performances everything"

"Same as Drake really and do they have some food because I'm so hungry"

"I'm not sure" The interviewer laughed "Good luck and I hope you win your awards tonight"

"Thank you"

After what seemed like forever, they walked off the carpet and into the award ceremony.

Nicki sighed with relief. The red carpet was one of the hardest parts but they still had the awards to get through which was harder considering you never know when a camera was focusing on you so they had to keep the act up for another 3 hours. They were two of the last celebrities walking in, they approached their seats which was near the stage. Nicki silently cursed the producers for making her near the front. Drake's award was first.

"Every artist in this category has won it before so it's going to be a hard one. There are nominees like Jay Z, Beyoncé, Drake and Lil Wayne to name a few. The winner is... Drake! Come and get your award man!" Drake stood up and everyone stood up and clapped for him. He kissed Nicki's cheek and went to get his award.

"Aw man. If I keep this up, I'll have nowhere to put these" He said and a few laughs were heard. "I'd like to thank Lil Wayne my manager and my team. OVO for forever, and Nicki" He winked at her and she blushed. "Thank you again"

Nicki's category was the fifth award to be announced so they had to wait a bit. 

"Are you okay?" Drake asked her, it was on a commercial break. 

"A little nervous"

"A little?" Drake looked at her and she was shaking like a leaf.

"Okay, a lot. I don't want to go up on stage if I win, I'll shit myself in front of millions of people"

Drake had to laugh at her. "You'll be fine, I promise. Just look at me or imagine people in their underwear I heard that helps"

They both laughed. "Thanks"

"You're welcome" The show came off commercial break and started from where it left off. Usher and Alicia Keys walked onto the stage.

"The nominees for this award are all very deserving. They are all very talented and have worked hard to get here today. Best new artist is an award I've won before so I know how it's like. So without further ado, the nominees are," Usher said reading the teleprompter. He read the list and smiled. "And the winner is,"

"Nicki Minaj" They both shouted. The venue erupted in claps and cheers and the cameras turned on Nicki. Her eyes looked like there were going to fall out, she was that shocked.  Nevertheless she smiled and stood up as Drake did. They hugged and had a brief kiss and she quickly hugged Kennan. Nicki safely got to the stage, kissed Usher and Alicia and stepped up to the mic.

"Wow" She nervously said. "I was not expecting this at all. I don't even have a speech. I'll just improvise" She unknowingly rambled and the crowd laughed. "Oh right. I want to thank Mark for believing in me, my fans, my family, friends especially Keenan. I hope I said everyone, sorry if I forgot you. I'm getting nervous again and imagining you all in your underwear is really not working so thanks Drake. I'm going to go now before I say something I regret" The audience laughed again as she went backstage. She immediately saw Lydia and smiled.

"How did I do?"

"Great" Lydia said as they walked together. "Your dressing room is this way and your performance is in 20 minutes"

~

Nicki ran her fingers through her now straightened hair and fixed her hat. She was wearing all black. A black cap, a black crop top and black leggings that had rips in the front. She did some breathing techniques to calm herself down and stepped out of her dressing room. 

"You have time for a quick re-run of your dance moves and vocal warm ups" Drake watched as she practiced, she hadn't noticed him yet. 

"Five minutes, good luck" Lydia patted her back and went back to her seat along with everyone who wasn't involved in the performance. Nicki said a silent prayer to herself and stood by the side of the stage looking out at the crowd.

“Just wanted to wish you good luck. You’ll do well anyway” Drake said making her jump from shock.

“Thank you, oh and congrats on your other award” She smiled then did something unexpected. She hugged him and he hugged back. 

“Good luck again” He said and went back to his seat. Keenan was now sat in Nicki's seat so they could watch her together.

"Do you think she'll be good, I mean a good performer?" Keenan asked starting a conversation between them but he kept his eyes focused on the stage.

"She'll be fine, she's been working really hard to perfect it. So how long have you known her?"

"Since high school so around twelve years"

"Nice, nice" It was a good job that their conversation came to an end because Beyoncé walked on stage to announce the next performance. 

“The next performer just won her first award and is ready to perform, welcome to the stage Nicki Minaj” Beyoncé revealed and walk back off stage as the lights dimmed. It wasn't long before fireworks were heard and the stage was lit up again. Nicki slowly elevated from under the stage. The music began and Nicki started singing and dancing with her dancers.

As she was singing, Drake and Keenan were bopping to the song in the audience. Keenan was just being the supportive best friend singing along. Drake was being goofy and doing little jigs, he wasn't acting he generally liked the song. Hopefully the camera that was on him was picking up the same thing. It soon came to an end as her stage show ended. She got a standing ovation and cheers from all around. Lydia tapped them both on the shoulder telling them to go backstage. By the time, they got backstage Nicki was celebrating with her dancers.

"What did I tell you?" Lauren told her.

"I know, I shouldn't have doubted you"

"Who just slayed in front of thousands of people?" Keenan shouted to her.

"Your best friend" She shouted back and skipped over to him.

"You were great, best performance of the night even though you were the first performer"

“Thank you so much” She giggled at him and they started talking about how they need to catch up properly when Drake cleared his throat. She practically jumped in his arms. 

“So proud of you”

“Thank you” She mumbled into his neck and he let her down.

“You've got to go back for the rest of the show so you need to change” Lydia pulled her away and Nicki waved at them as she was led away.

~

The next two hours was boring for both of them. Keenan had to leave early to catch his flight and the show lost all of its excitement, everything was going downhill. Drake and Nicki were almost falling asleep and wanted to go but they had to stay and to top things off, they had the after party to go to. Mark and Wayne suggest they went to publicize their relationship even more.

"Do I have to go?"

"You're acting like a child, stop it and yes" Nicki went back to her dressing room to get changed again and forced Drake to come inside.

"Want to tell the driver to make a wrong turn so we don't make it?" She asked him as she took off her top. Drake was staring at her chest, she noticed and smirked to herself. 

"Want to have sex?"

"Huh what?" Drake finally snapped out of his daze hearing the word sex.

"I said, want to tell the driver to make a wrong turn so we don't make it?"

"Nah, Wayne will fuck me up and you two"

"Alrighty, forget that idea then so aren't you changing?" She had finished putting on her dress and heels and was just waiting on him.

"Stop bugging me, I'll met you in a bit"

Nicki grabbed her clutch and mumbled to herself as she walked to the SUV. "Nigga's acting like he's my man, he better chill the fuck out"

Not long later, they were almost at the club. Now this part was all down to them, it was celebrities only. Drake's phone beeped and he got a text from Wayne and he showed it Nicki since it was for both of them.

Boss: Don't fuck this up.

"Yeah Drake, don't fuck this up" Nicki mocked. Drake put his phone back in his pocket and helped her out. Drake tightly held her hand as they made their way to the reserved area. He told Nicki to sit down and walked away from her.

"Don't leave me here"

"I'll be five minutes, socialize"

The party was now in full swing. The room was full of smoke. Everyone was intoxicated. Music was blasting blocking anyone from speaking. Drake had given Nicki about five shots of some drink and she was out of it. Somehow they ended up in a corner alone getting close, it might have been feelings for each other coming out or the alcohol taking a toll on them. Lip biting, hands roaming bodies, moans and grunts. Grinds on her lower area, slowly adding to each other's sexual frustration. 

"Maybe we should go" Drake whispered to her. He struggled but called his chauffeur to come and get them. He moved out of the way allowing her to walk in front of him. She stumbled and walked in zig-zags. 

"I need help, I'm blind!" Nicki said to no one in particular. Drake being a gentleman scooped her up and carried her out of the club, he was fine but Nicki could not handle the first drink he gave her never-mind the others. He safely got her into the car.

"You're not a jerk" Nicki said running her fingers up his chest. Drake put her hand back on her knee.

"I need to pee" She whined and opened the door.

"Shit! Martin stop the car!" The car came to a halt and Nicki jumped out and pulled down her panties. Drake watched horrified as she finished her business, squatted for a while, pulled her underwear up and then got back into the car, since it was dark and the road was pretty much deserted it wasn't that bad. Drake got a bottle of water from the drink compartment and made her drink it in an attempt to sober her up a bit. The rest of the car journey was awkward, Drake was still in slight shock.

The car pulled up outside her house and Drake got out first so he could help her, he threw her over his shoulder and closed the car door.

“Let’s get you inside” He fished her keys out of his pocket, he knew she wouldn't be able to look after them herself so he took them from her on the way there. 

"Can you help me with something?" Nicki asked and Drake nodded as a response.

"Help me take this off or I'll kill you" Drake laughed to himself, she was slowly returning to her 'normal' self. Drake ran over to her and threw her over his shoulder. Nicki squealed and tried to get down but soon gave up. Nicki could stop her mind from thinking about the sex dreams she had had about the two of them. By the time they reached her room, Nicki was laughing and trying to catch her breath. Drake couldn't keep her anymore so he threw her onto her bed and she pulled him down with her. 

The mood changed from cheerful to serious causing silence to fill the room.  One moment they were laughing until they found it hard to breathe and the next, Drake was looking at Nicki like she was the most beautiful thing he had even seen. Nicki's breath got stuck in her throat when she felt his soft lips make contact with her neck. 

"Drake" She whispered softy holding in her moan before their lips met. This kiss was different. It was not like the kiss at the awards show or the one at her house. This kiss wasn't surrounded by cameras and other people or forced. This kiss actually meant something. Their lips met again and his tongue traced the outline of her bottom lip until she let his tongue met hers. His hands found the straps of her dress and pulled it away from her body. He pulled away from the kiss to slide the dress all the way down and let it fall to the ground. Those few moments let him admire the art of her body. Nicki pushed him out of his jean jacket and got his shirt over his head. She removed every item of his clothing until he was naked in front of her. He hooked his fingers around her thong and pulled the string then released it letting her hiss in pain. He repeated his action and she lifted her hips so he could remove it from her body. They were completely naked with no barrier to stop their bodies from touching. 

He went in for another kiss. "Are you sure about this?"

Nicki seductively looked at him and wrapped her legs around his waist, using her legs she plunged him into her. 

"There's no turning back"

"I know"

I was trying to move this to another blog but it wasn't working out, it kept looking weird so I'll just leave it on here, 3 comments or more :*